“There’s Room For Everybody”

Richard Vaughn, automation engineering manager at Bosch Rexroth, said the electrification of motion control and actuation will mean an expanded role for pneumatics. “It was. “bang, bang” with pneumatics. Now at the end of travel, you can change the stroke a little bit,” Vaughn told Power & Motion. “I've got several customers that are actually doing that to save the parts on the end. Now, at the end of the motion, you're still getting the same cycle time, but that last five millimeters is a lot slower. You just can't see it. There's definitely room for everybody.”